For me, that was my first experience of doing cosplay in public, I was dressed as Lady Loki,” says Faeza. “It was generally a gathering for hobbyists who are into things like anime and comic books, but for that year in particular, the meet was focused on cosplay. Photo: Courtesy of N.E ProjectĪlthough the cosplay scene in Brunei is still in its infancy, it has been around for more than 10 years, with cosplayers citing a gathering back in 2009 called ‘Dev Meet’ - short for Deviant Art Meet - as one of the first cosplay events ever organised in the country. “I used an apron and used socks as… enhancements. I remember showing it to my mom and she just laughed… that feeling stuck with me, I remembered how happy dressing up made me feel,” she says.įaeza Md Idrus cosplaying as a character from a Japanese role-playing game. Costume creation!Ĭhuckling as she recounts her first time in costume, Faeza says she was just five when she first put together her first costume, dressing up as Jessica Rabbit - one of the most well-known characters in the world of animation. The pre-school teacher spends a chunk of her life being someone she’s not, having been on the scene for more than 10 years.Ĭosplay (a portmanteau of the words costume play) is the art of dressing up as characters from a film, book or video game and it is starting to gain traction in Brunei as comic book and geek culture edges its way out of a niche and into mainstream pop culture. BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – The whirring of her sewing machine breaks the monotony of the room as Faeza Md Idrus puts needle to fabric, working on her latest creation.īut the 33-year-old is no fashion designer, she’s a self-taught costume maker, in large part due to her passion for costume play or popularly known as cosplay.
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